Vulnerable nations unite to call for greater access to climate funds

V20 group of 20 countries most at risk from the effects of climate change call on wealthy nations to meet $100bn pledge to help them tackle global warming

Finance ministers from the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change have formed a group to call for greater access to climate finance for adaptation and mitigation in the face of the most devastating effects of global warming.

With a collective population of nearly 700 million, the vulnerable twenty, or V20, range from small Pacific nations,such as Vanuatu, to Bangladesh and the Philippines.